In the first part of our round-up of the Dallas meeting of the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) project’s Global Forum conference in October 2025, we looked at the technological development of the association’s all-photonics network (APN) – and the continued work in essentially “moving from electronics to photons”, as a representative of one…

Artificial intelligence (AI) played a significant role in the tech skills landscape in 2025, from helping teachers do their jobs to becoming a vital skill for people to learn. On the other hand, hiring across the technology sector was less predictable, with fewer jobs advertised, though having the right skills was found to increase job…

Throughout 2025, Computer Weekly’s technology and ethics coverage highlighted the human and socio-technical impacts of data-driven systems, particularly artificial intelligence (AI). This included a number of reports on how the Home Office’s electronic visa (eVisa) system, which has been plagued by data quality and integrity issues from the outset, is affecting migrants in the UK;…

The tension between the rights of individuals to a private life and increasing demands from states to gain access to people’s private data increased in 2025. During the year, Computer Weekly was the first to break several stories about the Home Office’s attempts to order Apple to give the British government access to encrypted data…

The past year has brought uncertainty for diversity in the tech sector as the landscape in the US turned sour, with President Donald Trump ordering the termination of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) projects and roles. There were concerns that UK companies would follow suit, but as the year went on, it became clear that…

In 2025, Computer Weekly’s police technology coverage focused extensively on developments in the use of data-driven technologies such as facial recognition and predictive policing. This included stories on the Met’s decision to deploy permanent live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in Croydon and the Home Office launching a formal consultation on laws to regulate its use,…

Two recently disclosed vulnerabilities discovered in Fortinet’s product portfolio have prompted a pre-holiday warning for defenders after being added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalogue run by the US’ national cyber agency this week. The two flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719, enable a threat actor to bypass FortiCloud single sign-on (SSO) authentication via…

Ilexx/Getty Images While some consumers spend hours researching must-add Google Chrome extensions, most don’t consider which ones they need to delete. Following a seven-year cyberhacking campaign that infected roughly 4.3 million Chrome and Edge browsers with spyware, it might be time to do just that. Dubbed ShadyPanda by the cybersecurity research firm Koi Security, which first reported…

Growing customer use of artificial intelligence (AI) alongside the continued draw of live sports and major gaming releases has resulted in record levels of data consumption across the networks of Virgin Media O2, including an 8% rise in broadband usage and an 18% rise in mobile traffic. The analysis of traffic on the leading UK…

As the calendar turns the final pages on 2025, the information technology sector stands at a critical juncture regarding its environmental commitments. This year was not marked by technological breakthroughs solving decarbonisation, but by the decisive maturation of sustainability from a strategic differentiator into an operational and regulatory imperative. This transition involved a painful reckoning…